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Film Premiere Daughters of Wisdom @ Rubin Museum of Art

Filmed in the Eastern Tibetan plateau north of the Himalayas in a land where little has changed over the past 2,000 years, Daughters of Wisdom is an intimate portrait of the nuns of Kala Rongo Monastery in Nangchen, Kham and a view of contemporary Tibet through the eyes of some of the country’s most extraordinary women.

Check out this amazing screening tonight at the Rubin Museum of Art

@ Rubin Museum of Art
Location: 150 West 17th Street (map)
Starts: 8 PM
Cost: $15, includes post-screening reception and Q&A with the filmmaker

ZOMBIES!!!!!!!!!!

28 Days Later @ McCarren Pool

Here is a free viewing not to pass up! Tonight at the McCarren Pool Daniel Boyles horrifying zombie flick 28 Days Later will be screening. So come on out with your blankets and get ready to get the living Sh*T scared out of you!

@ McCarren Park Pool
Lorimer St btwn Bayard St & Driggs Ave, Greenpoint (map)
Time: 8- 8:30 PM
Cost: Free

Celebrate A Kinky Anniversary..

Cinekink's Tawdry Summer Tryst @ The Red Room

CineKinks will celebrating their fifth anniversary tonight at the Red Room and will be mixing it up a bit by revisiting with a few of the classic favorites cinekinks film collection including:

TEAT BEAT OF SEX
SALT
HIGHWAY AMAZON
IN YER ROOM
THE PARTY
HIGH INFIDELITY

and

THE GOOD GIRL!!

Cocktails will follow the screening, downstairs at KGB Bar.

@ The Red Room at KGB Bar
Location: 85 E. 4th Street (map)
Starts: 8 PM
Cost: $10, seniors/students $8; 18+ only (BUY NOW)

New Space and Free Flick...

The Candidate @ The New Galapagos Art Space

Tonight begins the monthly political film screening and discussion at the brand spanking new Galapagos art space in DUMBO, Brooklyn. They will be screening, The Candidate which won for best screenwriting in the 1973 oscars. The film stars Robert Redford and it's about Eugene McCarthy's 1968 democratic campaign. All you need to do is RSVP below and you can take part in this free film discussion.

@ New Galapagos Art Space
Location: 16 Main Street (map)
Starts: 7 Pm
Cost: Free w/ RSVP

Herzog's Notion of Paradise

CabaretCinema, What Price Paradise?: STROSZEK @ Rubin Museum of Art

What Price Paradise? is a series of movies put on by the Rubin Museum of Art that tackles different filmmakers notion of paradise. Tonight they will be screening Werner Herzog's cult classic Stroszek. The follows a Berlin street musician--recently released from prison as he moves to Wisconsin with a prostitute and an elderly man in search of the American dream. Definitely a movie to check out!

@ Rubin Museum of Art
Location: 150 West 17th Street (map)
Starts: 9:30 PM
Cost:Free, But $7 Minimum Bar tab

Flicks and Tunes...

Rooftop Films Feauturing INDUSTRIANCE: The Livelong Day with a performance by Pwrfl Power @ The Roof of The Old American Can Factory

Nothing like a night on the rooftop with a bunch of short films about the weirder side of work. Dancing dock hands, desperate CEOs, out-of-control operating system salesmen and radioactive chicken. Along with a killer performance by Japan's pwrfl power all for one easy price! It's an amazing experience that you have to check out!

@ The Old American Can Factory
Location: 232 Third Street (map)
Starts: 8:30 PM
Cost: $9

Free Movie at McCarren Park

The Virgin Suicides

The Virgin Suicides, which screens tonight at McCarren Park Pool, is about five sisters whose isolated home life and overprotective parents lead them to a ghastly end. Starring Kirsten Dunst, James Woods, and Josh Hartnett, The Virgin Suicides scored Coppola a couple of awards and a devoted following of young fans, and she even met the father of her child (Thomas Mars of Phoenix) while working on the film’s soundtrack.

@ McCarren Park Pool
Lorimer Street btwn Driggs & Bayard Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11211 (Map)

8pm
Free

Free Flix at the Pool....

The Virgin Suicides @ McCarren Pool

Here is a free viewing not to pass up! Tonight at the McCarren Pool Sophie Coppola's phenomenal first movie will be shown. So come on out with your blankets and picnic take in this glorious movie under the summer stars!

@ McCarren Park Pool
Lorimer St btwn Bayard St & Driggs Ave, Greenpoint (map)
Time: 8- 8:30 PM
Cost: Free

Free Movie at Bryant Park

"Fail-Safe"

Ever wonder what would happen if another country accidentally initiated an atomic war with the United States, and it was up to Henry Fonda to make it all better? See what happens--for free--on the picturesque lawn of Bryant Park. Bring a date, a blanket and a bit of patience (you'll have to arrive around 5pm to get a choice lawn spot for the 8pm film.)

@ Bryant Park (Map)

No Excuse Not to Go to This Movie...

Wet Hot American Summer
Come watch this incredible cult classic film kick off L Magazine’s Summer Screen Series at McCarren Pool. The film is a hysterical satire of 1980’s summer camp,including such stars as Michael Showalter, Christopher Meloni, Marguerite Moreau, and Paul Rudd. Free.
@ McCarren Park Pool – Lorimer St. & Bayard St. MAP
9:00 pm Tuesday, July 8th

Once again... Paul Newman is the Man

Film in Bryant Park
Come to the free outdoor showing of Hud, an Oscar winning black and white classic featuring Paul Newman, on Bryant Park’s massive outdoor projector screen tonight. FREE
When: Monday, Jul 7, 5:00pm – 8:30pm
Where: Bryant Park, Fifth Ave. and 40th St.

Opening of the New Film Exhibit at MoMA

Salvador Dali Films at MoMA
Be one of the first to see the new Dali film exhibit opening today, feauturing several legendary silent comedians, most notably Buster Keaton, in a number of films including, The General, Home Movie, and Sherlock, all of which inspired Dali’s surrealistic aesthetic and increased his commitment to cinema.
Time: 6:00 pm Monday, July 7th
Location: Museum of Modern Art - 11 W 53rd St

Film Premiere Party

The Gits Movie Premier Party
Tonight come to The Delancey to celebrate the unveiling of this amazing documentary, which focuses on the influential Seattle based band The Gits, whose future was cut short with the tragic rape and murder of singer Mia Zapata, fifteen years ago today. Joining the party will be special guests Kathleen Hanna, Allison Wolfe and RRRIOT, as well as DJ Dario Speedwagon and many more…
Where: The Delancey
When: 9:00 pm Monday, July 7th

Awesome Festival

Afro-Punk Film Music Festival
Come to the opening of this extraordinary festival, which features films that represent black rebellion and change, including Panther in Africa, The Federation of Black Cowboys, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple, Tales of Dr. Funkenstein, and many more. FREE.
When: 1:00 pm – 11:00 pm Friday, July 4th
Location: The Brooklyn Academy of Music

The Start of a Sick Movie Festival...

Festival of New Japanese Film
Come to the opening day of the biggest contemporary Japanese film festival in North America, Japan Cuts, with a wide range of films all underscoring the restless desire of Japan to determine its post-Hello Kitty future.
Location: Japan Society – 333 East 47th Street
Time: Spanning from July 2nd - July 13th, click here for the schedule.

Paul Newman is the Man.

Come See HUD
Watch this Oscar winning drama, featuring Paul Newman, about cattle disease, rape, and much more, in black and white on Bryant Park’s massive outdoor projector screen tonight. FREE
When: Monday June 30 (5pm)
Where: Bryant Park, Ave of the Americas @ W 40th St

Awesome Short Films...

Surreal Shorts
Come to this awesome event tonight, where you can hear live music outdoors followed by a series of amazing short films, as well as a performance by pianist Bruce Levingston inspired by MOMA’s Dali: Painting and Film exhibition.
Time: 8:00 pm Friday, June 27th
Location: Open Road Rooftop – 350 Grand Street

Awesome Film Discussion...

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai is a legendary leading man in a number of epic Japanese films, including Yojimbo and The Human Condition. Last year, he received the title of bunka korosha from the Japanese government at the age of 76, for his excellent contribution to national culture. Tonight, he will appear to hold a discussion with Michael Jeck, a Japanese films specialist. Don’t miss out…
Where: Film Forum - 209 W Houston St
When:8:20 pm Tuesday, June 24
A limited number of tickets available at the door…

Awesome Films...

1969 Experimental Films
Tonight's experimental bill offers a glimpse of film's creative frontier at a particularly exploratory moment in history. Some works shun technical conventions and others dispense with narrative, but the films are strangely familiar as the spiritual forerunners of edgy contemporary fare. The first film will be Ed Emshwiller's sensual Image, Flesh, and Voice, followed by Fuses, Carolee Schneemann's swirling devotional to sex and nature. The program finishes with Austrian-born Kurt Kren's Versuch mit synthetischem Ton, a two-minute exploration of synthetic sound.
Time: Monday, June 23 (7pm)
Location: BAM Rose Cinemas - 30 Lafayette Ave in Bklyn

Outdoor Films...

The Bride of Frankenstein
Dr. Frankenstein’s monster is lonely, and his creator has just the remedy. Starring Boris Karloff and the inimitable Elsa Lancaster, this brilliant movie is funny, thrilling and ultimately heartbreaking. Come see this classic film outside, one of the few sequels widely considered to surpass the original.
When: 5:00 PM, film begins at sunset Monday, June 23th
Where: Bryant Park - Between 40th and 42nd Streets & Fifth and Sixth Avenues
FREE!

More Great Films...

All is Fair: Romantic Short Films

Come watch a series of short films about improbable romance and the search for love in illogical places along with live music from alt-country and blues trio Deer Trick.
When: Friday, June 20th
Where: Open Road Rooftop – 350 Grand Street

Special Show...

Inner/Outer Space

Monkey Town’s latest offering, Inner/Outer Space, is a multimedia showcase of film and music contrasts the forward-thinking mania of the Space Race with the era’s tendency toward psychedelic introspection.
When: Wednesday June 18 (8:30pm)
Where: Monkey Town, 58 N 3rd St.

Bond is Back...

Dr. No

The lawn opens at 5:00 pm for blankets and picnicking. The film stars the original James Bond, Sean Connery, and the ultimate Bond girl, Ursula Andress, who face a mad scientist living in Jamaica.
Start: 5:00 PM, film begins at sunset Monday, June 16th
Location: Bryant Park - Between 40th and 42nd Streets & Fifth and Sixth Avenues

Great Film...

Captured

Come watch the story of Clayton Patterson, a prolific photo documentarian of the Lower East Side for 30 years.
Start: Friday, June 13th
Location: Open Road Rooftop – 350 Grand Street

Rooftop Films Screening...

Rooftop Films Panorama

This week the Rooftop Film Series hosts Making the Mission, a short-films festival accompanied live by country goths O'Death; Captured, a doc following LES activist and documentarian Clayton Patterson, with live music from A.R.E. Weapons; and Industriance, a short-film fest and panel discussion about communities in transition.
When: Thursday June 12 (8pm)

Awesome Films!

The 4th Reel Rhythms World Music Film Festival: Africa

The 4th New York film festival on music from around the world focuses on the rhythms, drumming and dancing of Africa, bringing its diverse and vibrant peoples and cultures to the screen in documentaries and live concert footage. Today the films Calypso at Dirty Jim's and War/Dance will be shown.

Location: Symphony Space / Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater- 2537 Broadway, at 95th Street
Start:
Calypso at Dirty Jim's 7:30 PM and War/Dance 9:15 PM

Brooklyn Matters...

Screening: Brooklyn Matters

"Brooklyn Matters" is a documentary, which reveals the fuller truth about the Atlantic Yards proposal and highlights how a few powerful men are circumventing community participation and planning principles to try to push their own interests forward. Isabel Hill, producer/director will be at the event to discuss her film.

Start: 7:00PM Monday, June 9th
Location: Park Slope Methodist Church, basement, Sixth Avenue at Eighth Street

Rooftop Films are Back!

This is What We Mean by Short Films

If you want to hear live music, see great short films, and attend a fun after party, Open Road Rooftop is the place to be tonight for the official opening night of Rooftop Films 2008. This summer marks their 12th year of outdoor film screening and tonight they will be kicking it off with a series of astonishing and inspirational short films.

Start: 8:30 PM live music, 9:00 PM film screening, 11:30 PM after party Friday, June 6th
Location: Open Road Rooftop – 350 Grand Street

Rubin Movie Night...

CabaretCinema Series: LA CRAVATE @ Rubin Museum of Art

The actors in this short, avant-garde film mime actions based upon Thomas Mann's play The Transposed Heads, a tale of a Parisienne selling human heads. Directed by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky, with Denise Brossot, Rolande Polya and Saul Gilbert.

@ Rubin Museum of Art
Location: 150 West 17th Street (map)
Starts: 9:30 PM
Cost:Free, But $7 Minimum Bar tab

Film and Booze How Can You Go Wrong!

BROOKLYN FILMMAKERS COLLECTIVE BETA presents: 15 FILMS IN 30 MINUTES @ GALAPAGOS ART SPACE

What do you get when you challenge 15 independent filmmakers to make 2-minute films about "Brooklyn" and "change?" Come and find out tonight at the Galapagos Art Space when members of BROOKLYN FILMMAKERS COLLECTIVE BETA will be showcasing their two minute films. There will also be music and some excellent drink deals. It promised to be a night of film not to be missed!

@Galapagos Art Space
Location: 70 N 6th St (map)
Starts: 7:30 PM
Cost: $7

Classic Cinema...

CabaretCinema Series: ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER @ Rubin Museum of Art

Academy Award winner Joel Grey introduces this classic Vincent Minnelli film. Most well-known as the Emcee from the film version of Cabaret, Gray is an accomplished film and stage actor, and photographer whose work is part of the Whitney Museum of American Art and the New York Public Library permanent collections.

The film centers on the eccentric Daisy Gamble (Barbara Streisand) who, when hypnotized by a psychiatrist (Yves Montand) to stop smoking, regresses into past lives and bewitches the psychiatrist in the process. Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane; also starring Jack Nicholson and Bob Newhart.

@ Rubin Museum of Art
Location: 150 West 17th Street (map)
Starts: 9:30 PM
Cost:Free, But $7 Minimum Bar tab

Evolution fo Bugs.... Bunny that is

Putting Looney In The Tune, Hosted By Canemaker @ Academy Theater

Some of the great cartoons being brought back to the big screen for this viewing is "Porky's Duck Hunt" (1937), "Heckling Hare" (1941), and "What's Opera, Doc?" (1957). This screening is a double tribute to Tex Avery and Michael Maltese who were the Warner Brothers Execs responsible for getting these cartoons to the screens. The screening will be hosted by Academy Award Winning Animator John Canemaker. Should be an amazing night at the theaters for any fan of cartoons!

@ The Academy Theater at Lighthouse International
Location: 111 East 59th st (map)
Starts: 7:30 PM
Cost: $5

A Night of Tackling Social Issues in Film..

Moviehouse Presents Do The Right Thing and Dark Days w/ shorts by Lauren Kritzer and Robert Castillo@ Galapagos Art Space

Here is another stellar moviehouse line up! This month is features two movies that have successfully tackled important social issues from race relations ( Do The Right Thing) to the homeless (Dark Days). So come on out either to watch Spike Lee's brilliant film making or to dive in to the depths of the homeless underground with the groundbreaking documentary, Dark Days. Either way it should be a great time. Be sure to come early to watch two great shorts from to excellent filmmakers Lauren Kritzer and Robert Castillo.

This is the best bang for your buck, don't miss it out!

@Galapagos Art Space
Location: 70 N 6th St (map)
Starts: 8 PM
Cost: $5

Classic Movie.....

BRAINWAVE, CabaretCinema Series: LA CITE DES ENFANTS PERDUS (THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN) @ Rubin Art Museum

Come check this classic Sci Fi film that is a spooky masterfully made fantasy.

Set in a bizarre and fantastic dystopian city, the eccentric scientist Krank (Daniel Emilfork) and his twin brother kidnap children to steal their dreams to prevent premature aging. In a bittersweet journey, One (Ron Perlman) and orphan Miette (Judith Vittet) travel to The City of Lost Children to find One's baby brother and put an end to Krank and his evil Cyclops army. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amélie) and Marc Caro; also starring Jean-Claude Dreyfus and Dominique Pinon.

@ Rubin Museum of Art
Location: 150 West 17th Street (map)
Starts: 9:30 PM
Cost:Free, But $7 Minimum Bar tab

Tell me the story...

THE STORY OF BUDDHISM, presented by the film-maker Benoy Behl @
Rubin Museum of Art

Shot in 74 major Buddhist locations Benoy Behl’s visually striking films provide a comprehensive perspective of the monuments and art heritage of Buddhism in India: to the places of Buddha’s enlightenment, his first sermon and final renunciation.

The films cover a wide range of the heritage of both Theravada and Mahayana-Vajrayana orders, providing a view of the richness of the whole Buddhist tradition. Mr. Behl, the producer and director is one of the most prominent documentary film-makers in India. He is also a world-renowned art historian and an authority on Buddhism, and is invited to lecture at prestigious universities, museums and Buddhist temples around the world.

Mr. Behl will present the film, and will take questions from viewers following the screening.

@ Rubin Museum of Art
Location: 150 West 17th Street (map)
Starts: 7:00 PM
Cost:$12

Hilarity...

Found Footage Festival @ Anthology Film Archives

The national touring showcase of odd and hilarious found videos is back for another year of brand new hilarity. Following last years sold out stint around the country, the boys are back with new videos that are crazier and funnier than the prior batch! Be sure to not to miss out of what is to be a night of bizarrely entertaining showcase.

@Anthology Film Archives
Location: 32 Second Ave (map)
Starts: 7 and 9 PM
Cost: $10

Classic Aussie film...

CabaretCinema Series: THE LAST WAVE @ Rubin Museum of Art

Come and check out this free screening of one of Peter Weir's bests.
In this classic thriller/fantasy, premonitions, bizarre weather and unexplainable occurrences plague an Australian corporate tax lawyer (Richard Chamberlain) when he takes on a murder case involving Aboriginals. Directed by Peter Weir, and also starring Olivia Hamnet and David Gulpilil. Gets some drinks and enjoy the film.

@ Rubin Museum of Art
Location: 150 West 17th Street (map)
Starts: 9:30 PM
Cost:Free, But $7 Minimum Bar tab

From The Twisted Mind of David Lynch..

CabaretCinema Series: ERASERHEAD @ Rubin Museum of Art

Defying traditional linear narrative and interpretation, David Lynch's surrealist masterpiece Eraserhead is set in urban decay as Henry Spencer (Jack Nance) cares for his reptilian, mutant child who incessantly cries, causing (what might be) disturbing hallucinations. Also starring Charlotte Stewart, Jeanne Bates, T. Max Graham, and Allen Joseph.

Writer Christopher Sorrentino (Trance, Sound on Sound) and Joseph LeDoux and The Amygdaloids (the science-themed rock band) introduce the film.

@ Rubin Museum of Art
Location: 150 West 17th Street (map)
Starts: 9:30 PM
Cost:Free, But $7 Minimum Bar tab

A Drummer Shot This...

Seeing Through the Fence @ Bluestockings

Here is a film for activists, vegans and film lovers of all kind! It's a heartfelt documentary that has gotten amazing acclaim. So it will be screening across the country. Be sure not to miss the NYC preview.

@ Blue stocking Book store
Location: 172 Allen Street (map)
Starts: 7 Pm
Cost: Free

Classic Korean Films...

Screening of Kim Ho-seon's Young-ja's Heyday @ The Korea Society

Classic Korean films lost in time, but now getting screen for one day only at the Korean society. This months screening is colorful melodrama of lust and innocence lost, Young-ja's Heyday was a box-office hit and serves as a flamboyant introduction to a key Korean genre: the hostess film. Told through the reminiscences of an old flame, this cautionary tale of a woman's tragic moral and physical downfall has drawn comparisons with Kenji Mizoguchi's elegiac films which also focus on unhappy and exploited women. Starring Yeom Bok-sun, Song Jae-ho, Choi Bul-am.

@ Korean Society
Location: 950 Third Avenue (map)
Starts: 6:30 Pm
Cost: $5 (members) and $10 (non-members)

Trippy Double Bill....

Moviehouse Presents Wizard of OZ and Willie Wonka & The Chocalate Factory @ Galapagos Art Space

Here is another stellar moviehouse line up! This month is features two of the classic fantasy films of everyones childhood, The Wizard of OZ and Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. So come on out to relive your childhood or take some drugs of some sort and have a completely other tripped out experience. Either way it should be a great time. Be sure to come early to watch the classic short films from Brooklyn filmmaker Ken Brown.

This is the best bang for your buck, don't miss it out!

@Galapagos Art Space
Location: 70 N 6th St (map)
Starts: 8 PM
Cost: $5

Mad Old Films..

A Century Ago: The Films of 1907 @ The Academy Theater @ Lighthouse International

Tonight there will be a screening of 6 short films from 1907, which will be used to showcase this transitional year the cinema. To fully portray the year of creative expansion there will be a mix of categories including actualities, primitive dramas and gag films. The films that will be featured are The Haunted Hotel, Ben- Hur, Les Kiriki, the Dancing Pig and The Teddy Bears. All of these movies will screened to an original score being performed live by Michael Mortilla. It should be an entertaining night of the classic silver screen.

@ The Academy Theater at Lighthouse International
Location: 111 East 59th st (map)
Starts: 7:30 PM
Cost: $5

Sci Fi Insanity...

CabaretCinema Series: eXistenZ @ Rubin Museum of Art

Come and check out this insane Sci fi Thriller from the mind of the legendary director David Cronenberg. The film is about a video game designer who tests her latest, completely immersive virtual reality game and is nearly assassinated in the process. Come and embark on an adventure that blurs the lines of reality and fantasy as The designer and her new bodyguard venture back in to the game. The film stars Jude Law and Jeniffer Jason Leigh

Hearst editor Pat Towers introduces the David Cronenberg film.

@ Rubin Museum of Art
Location: 150 West 17th Street (map)
Starts: 9:30 PM
Cost:Free, But $7 Minimum Bar tab

Scifi Classic Screening.....

CabaretCinema Series: SOLYARIS (SOLARIS) @ Rubin Museum of Art

Based on Stanislow Lem's novel, the classic Andrei Tarkovsky Sci-Fi film revolves around a secretive space station orbiting the planet Solaris that has been making little scientific progress over the years. Psychologist Kris Kelvin is sent to the station to investigate, but he begins to experience hallucinations, including seeing his wife who has been dead for seven years.

Critic and essayist Phillip Lopate ("American Movie Critics: An Anthology From the Silents Until Now") introduces the film.

@ Rubenstein Museum of Art
Location: 150 West 17th Street (map)
Starts: 9:30 PM
Cost:Free, But $7 Minimum Bar tab

Oscar Brilliance...

Monday Nights with the Oscars Presents Leave Her To Heaven @ The Academy Theater

Come and witness for yourself this newly restored Oscar winning classic tonight at the Academy theater. After the screening will be followed by an onstage discussion hosted by Robert Osborne with Darryl Hickman about being on the set of the movie and what it was like dealing with movie stars. Should be a great night.

@ The Academy Theater at Lighthouse International
Location: 111 East 59th st (map)
Starts: 3 PM
Cost: $5

Classic Movie and a Discussion..

Brainwaves Presents a Screening of Being There with Discussion Following @ The Philoctetes Center for the Multidisciplinary Study of Imagination

How does imagination function and in what ways do life experiences shape it?

The 1979 film Being There stars Peter Sellers as Chance, a man who has never left his home and learns everything from television, will be shown followed by a roundtable discussion with leading experts in the fields of psychology and developmental science that will examine the portrayal of the film’s anti-hero, the impairment of the imagination and the biology of the imaginative process.

Roundtable Participants: Dr. Margaret Browning, Dr. Bhismadev Chakrabarti, Dr. Paul Harris, Alan Leslie, Rebecca Saxe

@ The Philoctetes Center for the Multidisciplinary Study of Imagination
Location: 247 East 82nd Street, 3rd Floor (map)
Starts: 1:30 p.m
Cost: Free

Not to miss Screening...

Sci Fi Screening Room Presents KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park @ UNDER St. Marks

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Be sure not to miss out on this absolutely amazing screening, KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park. This made for TV movie starring Kiss is a must see for any fan of the band and/or B Movies. Should be a smashing good time! Don't miss the after party at Lit Lounge With a Kiss cover band!!

@Under St. Marks
Location: 94 St. Marks Place (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: FREE if you wear Kiss Make up, $7 for anyone else

The Ultimate Movie Line Up....

Moviehouse presents Royal Tenenbaums, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and Brooklyn Shorts @ Galapagos Art Space

Here is a night of classic movies that range from quirky families to quirky crazy people with a side of extremely talents Brooklyn filmmaker shorts. It's a night cinema that celebrates the greats as well as the up and comers. For a price less than admision to a mainstream movie you get a full night of cinema as well as an after party which makes for an unbeatable night in Brooklyn! Be sure to check it out! The shorts featured tonight both tell tales of deteriorated relationships.

Vartan LLP by Myles Price
Carlough Brothers by Will Carlough

As always there's free popcorn for everyone and free drinks for the winner of the
red jumpsuit trivia contest!!

@Galapagos Art Space
Location: 70 N 6th St (map)
Starts: 8 PM
Cost: $5

Sex and Film... but not porn.. ok kind of

Cinekink NYC Tribute Screening of Shortbus @ Anthology

As part of Cinekink NYC 2008, which a festival comprised of films that celebrate and explore a wide diversity of sexuality. There will be a tribute screening of the film Shortbus, that glorious art film that has more sex and nudity than any Cinemax "skinemax" movie ever made. But it's not a porn because the actor have real sex which isn't that sexy which keeps it an art house film... Anywho go and check the screening.

@ Anthology
Location: 32 Second Avenue (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: 6 for Students, 8 for anyone else

CineKink Kick off....

Cinekink NYC 2008 Kick off Gala and Opening Night Screening @ Taj

Tonight will kick off the 5th annual Cinekink NYC festivals which is a festival comprised of films that celebrate and explore a wide diversity of sexuality.

The opening gala will include music, performances, free cocktails, a kinky fundraising auction, and a feature screening of a special trio of cinematic wonders including:

Schwarzwald- A rich, modern tapestry combining elements of Druidic ritual with the passionate, leather-clad goings-on that transpire at NYC's annual Black Party, the movie follows the travails of the Black Prince as he is pursued through the woods and kidnapped by the nefarious underlings of the conniving Black Queen. Starring Buck Angel, the world famous female-to-male transsexual porn star, along with a cast of literal thousands, this is a sumptuous visual feast.

Team Queen- The best of New York burlesque in a gender-bending, fire-breathing, tassel-twirling, post-punk rock 'n roll prom!
World Premiere!
A Dog's Tale- Sensuous and layered, a black-and-white reverie on control and submission, longing and desire.

Not a bad way to kick off the festival!

@ Taj
Location: 48 W. 21st Street (map)
Starts: 8 PM
Cost: $15

Screening of Oscar Winning Shorts..

Saturday Afternoon with the Oscars Featuring "Shorts" @ Directors Guild of America

Come and see the 5th annual presentation of the Live action and Animated short films nominated for the 80th Annual Academy Awards. The show will be hosted by Robert Osborne. This will be the one chance to see every short film nominated for the awards before the winner is announced on Sunday!

Best Animated Short Film

-I Met the Walrus
-Madame Tutli-Putli
-Même les Pigeons vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go To Heaven)
-Pigeons vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go To Heaven)
-My Love (Moya Lyubov)
-Peter & the Wolf

Best Live Action Short Film
-At Night
-Il Supplente (The Substitute)
-Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)
-Tanghi Argentini
-The Tonto Woman

@ Directors Guild of America
Location: 110 W. 57th St (map)
Starts: 12 PM
Cost: $5 For Public, $3 for members and students w/ ID

Shorts filled with love....

Love Actually: Short Films about Love, Sex & Romance @Millenium and After Party at White Rabbit

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Come and check out this showcase of some of the bright young filmmakers out right now at Millennium. Since it is Valentines Day, the theme of the films shown will be Love, Sex and Romance. Afterwards come and enjoy some appetizers and drinks at the White Rabbit Lounge!

Current Film Lineup:
"Teat Beat of Sex" - Signe Baumane
"Last Night I Had My First Orgasm" - Jahidah Diaab
"Idioicon" - Brian Gonzalez
"Eyes of a Blue Dog" - Brian Gonzalez
"The Coffee Bird" - Bryan Brinkman
"A Fly Film" - Bryan Brinkman

There will be a short Q & A after the screening.

Screening:
@Millenium
Location: 66 East 4th Street (map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: $8 online > $10 at door

After Party:

@ White Rabbit
Location: 145 E. Houston (map)
Starts: 10 Pm
Cost: Free

Emily Haynes is HOT and She ROCKS...

Metric, "Live at Metropolis" DVD screening @ Galapagos Art Space

If there is anything that to say about Metric is that they put on probably one of the highest energy live shows that i have ever seen. Emily Haynes goes totally balls to the wall on stage and really taps in to her punk rock side! I am so glad to see that this awesomeness as been documented on a DVD, and is totally worth a screening of its own. So check out this screening of the new Metric DVD tonight at Galapagos Art Space. If you aren't a fan of Metric, you will be one after you see this DVD!

Stick around after the screening for a DJ spinning Electro,
Dance, Indie, New Wave, and Party Jams.

Plus Lots of FREE GIVEAWAYS - Metric CDs, Records,
Posters and more!!!

@Galapagos Art Space
Location: 70 N 6th St (map)
Starts: 8 PM
Cost: Free

A Progressive Movie Screening...

GoLeft.org Progressive Movie Night Presents: "V for Vendetta" @ Empire State College

GoLeft.org will be sponsoring these screenings of popular progressive movies to help build a community and ignite discussion between the viewers of the movie. This months film is "V for Vendetta" which was pretty controversial for it's vigilante main character and main concentration on creating anarchy and overthrowing the government. I would say it is a perfect movie to begin this movie series with since it has a very strong message that will most likely create some excellent discussions. There will also be free refreshments as well as a chance to win prizes! Be sure to check it out!

@ Empire State College
Location: 325 Hudson Street, 5th flr (map)
Starts: 7 PM

Classic Night of Film...

Moviehouse presents Casablanca and Punch-Drunk Love along with two of NYC's best shorts and an afterparty featuring the visual delights of VJ Clay Franklin @ Galapagos Art Space

This monthly screening is one of the best put together events in Williamsburg. Not only do they pick some classic Hollywood films to show back to back, but they also feature two shorts films from Brooklyn filmmakers to help raise awareness of the talent happening in the area. If that isn't already absolutely amazing, there is an afterparty featuring the trippy visual arts of VJ Clay Franklin!

All in all an off the hook amazing time full of film and music. Delicious!

This Months Featured Short Films:

In By Modern Measure, filmmaker Matthew Lessner parodies post-modern
art romances with a hilarious subtitled comedy.

In Terminally Ambivalent Over You by Aleksey Budovsky, a prisoner
works in a gramophone factory and pines for his girlfriend.

@Galapagos Art Space
Location: 70 N 6th St (map)
Starts: 8 PM
Cost: $5

Screening and Discussion...

Filmmaker Jem Cohen Screens + Discussions @ The Change You Want To See Gallery

"Filmmaker Jem Cohen doesn’t need to smack you over the head with speeches or movie stars or coincidence-driven scenarios to make his point. Instead, he draws it out in the artifacts, detritus, and details of the city. On the one hand he presents the fragments of a periphery that normally go unseen. But rather than bringing a lost landscape into new focus, Cohen manages to bring it into an indistinguishable blur. It is in this shift from the particular to the universal that we can locate a radical politics. "

Come and join Jem as he screens excerpt from his films Chain (2004), Lost Book Found (1996), and selected shorts.A Q & A will follow which should be realy interesting.

@ The Change You Want To See Gallery
Location: 84 Havemeyer Street(map)
Starts: 7:30 PM
Cost: Free

Special Screening...

King: A Film Record ... Montgomery To Memphis @ The Academy Theater

In celebration of Martin Luther King day there will be a special screening of the original 1970s print of King: A Filmed Record.... Montgomery to Memphis. This epic three hour Oscar nominated documentary is comprised mainly of newsreel and other footage of the period including the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 through the assassination of the civil rights leaser in 1968. All of this footage is beautifully tied together with the speeches of Martin Luther King and dramatic readings of his works from such luminaries of stage and screen from people like Harry Belafonte,Paul Newman and many other cultural icons of the time. Also included in the movie tickets will be a pre-screening discussion with associate Producer Richard Kaplan and a discussion after the film as well.

Should be an excellent way to celebrate the life and time of Martin Luther King.

@ The Academy Theater at Lighthouse International
Location: 111 East 59th st (map)
Starts: 3 PM
Cost: $5

My New Addiction

Pop Cultures Addicts One Stop Website: getTRIO.com

Being an absolute avid reader of anything having to do with pop culture. I stumbled upon this amazing website which has everything from your television round ups and celebrity gossip to the hottest events in NYC(* which is perfect for me!). getTRIO.com is your one stop website for gossip, the latest in technology and anything you feel you need to keep up with current trends!

getTRIO.com brought to my attention two excellent movies, one newly released on DVD,called King of Kong. Which is a documentary that follows two characters as they strive to break the Guinness Book of World Records top King Kong Score. Sounds pretty entertaining!

Also a cross genre comedy/ horror flick that has kind of haunted my dreams since watching the trailer called Teeth. "It's not a straight-up teen comedy, not quite horror, and not really a drama -- though when a chaste high school student becomes the target of male violence and discovers herself to have an anatomical quirk that makes her a living example of the vagina dentata myth, things get uncomfortably funny, horrifying, and very dramatic, indeed." The film was the talk of Sundance, with its dark take on sexual power and payback. Sounds off the wall! Be sure to check out more about it on the website!

@getTRIO.com
Location: Internet
Starts: RIGHT NOW!!

Award Winning Documentary..

Inside the Circle @ Walter Reade Theater

As part of the Dance on Camera Festival this award winning documentary about the raw power and defiant creativity of a home-grown hip-hop movement, through a captivating story about Omar, Milky and Romeo as they struggle to keep dance at the center of their lives. It's a movie ham packed with as much emotional intensity as jaw dropping dance moves. A must see film! Also the screening will be followed by a Q & A with the director and the main characters.

@Reade Theatre, Lincoln Center Plaza
Location: 165 West 65th Street (map)
Starts: 3:30 pm
Cost: $11

Breakthrough Actor of the Year!!

Discussion with Josh Brolin @ The Time Center

After a year of career defining year roles that have shown Josh Brolin's diversity including as "No Country for Old Men," where he plays a man who discovers $2 million in cash, "American Gangster," in which he plays a crooked detective, "Grindhouse" where he plays a brutish husband in and a small-town police chief in "In the Valley of Elah," this busy actor is having a breakthrough year! Be there as he discusses his amazing career, and the legendary actors and directors that he has had the opportunity to work with. Should be a great event and an interesting story of an actor who started with Goonies!

@ The Time Center
Location: Columbus Circle (map)
Starts: 8 PM
Cost: $25 (BUY NOW)

Kinky Cinema Can't Be Beat!!

CINEKINK With Maria Beatty @ PIONEER

Tonight at the Pioneer Theater there will be a double header of Maria Beatty's works featuring her signature "erotic noir" style that depicts a ride between pain and pleasure at the hands of a beautiful temptress. Just thinking about it is getting me all hot and bothered. The screening will include:

THE ELEGANT SPANKING
Goddess Rosemary seduces and punishes her Kitty in a play of dominance and submission, creating a fantasy world of nostalgic images that are dripping with sexual perversion.

And

THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS
Caught in the act of coveting her mistress' position, a young maid must submit to her sadism and her lust, her perfect body made the theatre for a re-enactment of the lessons of the Seven Deadly Sins.

..Afterwards there will be cocktails at Chine 1 around the corner, which is a nice way to top off a night of "erotic noir".

SCREENING LOCATION:

@ Pioneer Theater
Location: 155 E. Third Street(map)
Starts: 7 PM
Cost: $10 (6.50 for students)

AFTERPARTY LOCATION:
@China 1
Location: 50 Avenue B (map)